So, ignore the fact that it's actually been a week (or a few) since New Zealand Fashion Week finished. All the photos below were taken at the NZFW13 Designer Showcase Wednesday night. For my best friend and I, we've been going to this show every NZFW Weekend since 2010. But of course with the change to the Designer Selection Showcase to be only a weekday show, I was a bit less organised with getting a front row seat. Second row had to do this time, but thankfully the venue (The Shed) wasn't too big.

What originally started off well, with the thought I'd be able to write blogs on time (for once!) ended up missing the mark due to a cold I've caught, somewhere between Auckland's bipolar summer/winter weather, the late night at Wednesday's Designer Showcase, and bus rides with people who don't cover their mouth. Colds can be the worst - tearing down my energy and my body's will to stay motivated and write. I've still yet to catch up with the NZ Anberlin concert, Food Tour Party posts, and I'm just going to ignore all the movies I had seen recently and planned to review...

Anyway, I'm going to momentarily skip talking about Designer Showcase and instead talk about the Miromoda show I went to see on Friday afternoon. If you don't know what Miromoda is about, it's a showcase dedicated to indigenous fashion design. This year they showcased nine different designers, with a mix of the established and up-and-coming.

It's NZFW people! Back for 2013 and a bit more difficult to get to when you're in full-time work.

Unlike last year, where I had the most amazing all-show/every-show experience, I had pretty much resigned to the fact that I would never have that again (at least not any time soon). But instead I would attempt to watch every single fashion show online, and follow my tradition of attending the weekend's Designer Showcase. Things have panned out differently than I thought though, with the axe of weekend Designer Showcases (WHY), but the advantage of working for a company that is connected to NZFW. So I shouldn't complain, I have been very blessed, and there will be fashion to talk about.

Anyway, tonight at very last minute, I got offered a ticket from work to see the Hailwood collection show. I pretty much raced down there from work, paid an unreasonably costly taxi ride while doing so, and headed in for the 5.30pm show. If you want to see a poor summary of the Hailwood collection, watch my poorly filmed Instagram video below: (Otherwise just watch the legit 3 News version).

The girl.

NZ blogger in the middle of life, love, the world and all that inhabits it. A web addict for radio by day; a web addict in general by night. Writing about the world, travels, food, pop culture and lifestyle.